Mandy, I don't think you're a numpty at all. It sometimes gets like that, you remember the book but not the title. It was called "white teeth" by the way. Trish. -----Original Message----- From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mandy Palmer Sent: 17 April 2013 19:09 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FW: Granta list of new writers I also didn't enjoy Zadie Smith, I started her first one.....you're going to think me a numty, I can't remember it's name but it was awful. Love Mandy X From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trish Talbot Sent: 17 April 2013 11:20 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FW: Granta list of new writers Shell, I have heard interviews with a couple of the women writers - Naomi Alderman and Taia Silassi. I have read one and a half novels by Zadie Smith, but didn't care for either of them and won't be reading any more. Trish. -----Original Message----- From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Shell Sent: 16 April 2013 20:31 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FW: Granta list of new writers Thanks Trish, I haven't heard of many of those authors, though I have fancied trying Ross Raisin for a while. Shell. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:28 PM To: "Ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ebooktalk] FW: Granta list of new writers > I thought this might be of interest. There is more information about all > the writers on the audible.co.uk website. > Trish. > Women writers in the ascendant in Granta's once-a-decade Best of Young > British Novelists list > > > > > Nick Clark > > > > Monday, 15 April 2013 > > The future of women's fiction looks bright as the once-a-decade list of best > young British authors was dominated, for the first time in its 40-year > history, by female authors. > > > > Literary magazine Granta yesterday published the fourth in its landmark > series of the Best of Young British Talent. > > > > The 20-strong list of novelists was made up of 12 women, up from eight on > the previous list a decade earlier the highest so fare. > > > > Jonathan Ruppin, web editor at book shop Foyles, said: "This is the first > time there has been a majority of women. For a long time women have bought > a lot of fiction. As a lot more women are reading, so a lot more are > writing." > > > > "This list is a reflection that there are a hell of a lot of women writers > out there, many of whom have been unrecognised so far," he said: "I am > reading many more interesting debuts from women at the moment." > > > > The Granta list has been famed for picking future literary stars. Alumni > include Sir Salman Rushdie, Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro and AL > Kennedy. > > > > The class of 2013 includes two who made the list a decade ago in Zadie > Smith, author of NW and winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, and Adam > Thirlwell. > > > > New names selected include Taiye Selasi, whose debut novel Ghana Must Go > caused a sensation on its release last month, Benjamin Markovits, a former > professional basketball player in Germany, and Naomi Alderman. As well as > writing three novels, she co-created fitness application Zombies, Run!. > > > > John Freeman, the editor of Granta, said: "From satirists to humourists to > sweeping epic-spinners, these writers have a command of language and their > form which is simply astonishing." He added: "They show that the novel has a > bold and brilliant future in Britain." > > > > All of the authors are British citizens - except Kamila Shamsie who is in > the process of getting citizenship - but many have backgrounds from all over > the world. From Somalia and China, to Texas and Karachi. > > > > Mr Ruppin said: "This list does reflect the ethnic diversity of British > writing. It reflects that publishing is opening up to talented writers from > different backgrounds." > > > > It includes Xiaolu Guo, who grew up in a small fishing village in southern > China with no access to books, who has written novels in Chinese and > English. Nadifa Mohamed, who was born in Somalia in 1981 and moved to London > five years later, made the longlist for the Orange prize for Black Mamba > Boy. > > > > Mr Ruppin said: "In terms of reputation, this list does a huge amount. It > can be tough for a young author to follow up a first time book, but this is > about the writer." > > > > The youngest to make the list was 28-year-old Ned Beauman, whose second > novel The Teleportation Accident was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. > > > > Only a few months older is Helen Oyeyemi, who wrote The Icarus Girl while > studying for her A levels and is working on her fifth novel. > > > > Sunjeev Sahota had not read a novel until he was 18, picking up Granta > alumnus Sir Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children in an airport on the way to > visit relatives in India. His novel Ours are the Streets was published in > 2011. > > > > Other names include poet and novelist Adam Foulds, Evie Wyld, who runs an > independent bookshop in Peckham and Sarah Hall, who has written four novels > including one that made the Booker shortlist, and who Mr Ruppin has > earmarked as a literary star. > > > > Granta Best of Young British Novelists: the list in full > > Naomi Alderman > > > > Tahmima Anam > > > > Ned Beauman > > > > Jenni Fagan > > > > Adam Foulds > > > > Xiaolu Guo > > > > Sarah Hall > > > > Steven Hall > > > > Joanna Kavenna > > > > Benjamin Markovits > > > > Nadifa Mohamed > > > > Helen Oyeyemi > > > > Ross Raisin > > > > Sunjeev Sahota > > > > Taiye Selasi > > > > Kamila Shamsie > > > > Zadie Smith > > > > David Szalay > > > > Adam Thirlwell > > > > Evie Wyld > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > ---- > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus Database: 3162/5747 - Release Date: 04/15/13 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. 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